Merk, God en verbod : oneigenlijk gebruik en monopolisering van tekens met een grote symbolische waarde

Abstract

This thesis is concerned with the legal framework surrounding the improper use and monopolization of signs with a high symbolic value or symbols. Central questions are: how does Dutch law look upon signs that many of us regard as essential or sacred in our personal lives or our society, and: does this law presently stand where it should? The book discerns between (i) national and international symbols, (ii) cultural and historical symbols, (iii) religious symbols. The study deals with two main groups of issues that to a large extent make up the relationship between symbols and the law: (1) questions surrounding the rules for their use including legal responses to their improper use, and (2) questions with regard to their monopolization. Both parts together tell one story about assertions of right and wrong with regard to symbols